Munson v. Bringe
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Vernon county: E. 0. Higbee, Circuit Judge. Action for partition of land, brought by the trustees of the-Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Utica against the trustees of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of West Prairie, the trustees of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Northwest Prairie, and the trustees of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bad Axe.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Vernon county: E. 0. Higbee, Circuit Judge. Action for partition of land, brought by the trustees of the-Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Utica against the trustees of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of West Prairie, the trustees of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Northwest Prairie, and the trustees of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bad Axe. The plaintiffs had judgment, and the defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtTimlin, J.
The facts established by the findings are, that on November 16, 1869, Anna Nash, owner in fee of a certain-parcel of land, conveyed the same by warranty deed to the trustees of the West Prairie Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church, the trustees of the Kickapoo Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church, and the trustees of the Bad Axe Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church, which were three church congregations organized and existing. For brevity we may designate these as the West Prairie church, the Kickapoo .church,, and the Bad Axe church. These church congregations afterward became…
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